Exposing the FAKEST Restorations on YouTube
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Honestly just blows my mind how many views these videos have. What do you think about them? Are they just entertainment regardless? They're not causing any harm I suppose....
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@@09goatboy36 what!!!! She is so nice give me more details pls
man - that's my old playstation gameboy that I lost at the beach after i dropped a red hot nickel ball on the backside! it must gotten swept up in the tide and ended up in singapore! thank goodness they fixed it up.
El papu
Hahaha 😂
Bro you need to stop losing consoles like that! people are going to find them by poking around random piles of mud and make restoration videos out of them.
I bet that fishy restoration guy got all your lost consoles. You need to confront him out and tell him to return your stolen goods
You lose track of your things alot man
It’s fun how the holes in these console shells never appear to damage the internals. Whoever made the hole thought to stop short of the motherboard.
Looks to me like the hole was made from the inside with a soldering iron. So they wouldn't have damaged the internals as the back panel was removed to damage it!
@@StegDsluG I think that he meant if the hole was real. How would you get that hole in the back of your device, but not have any internal damage?
@@bills6093 Extreme control and intention? Imagine having the perfect muscle control to be able to do that and be able to know when to stop before hitting anything!
@@PInnHeAd I'll bet it's much easier if you make the hole after taking it apart.
@@bills6093 Undoubtly but i meant to keep adding to the stupid point that it is basicly impossible to do that hole without damaging the internals as you yourself pointed out, but it is hard to type sarcasm :(
As a colour matcher in a paint store, I quickly spotted a discolouration on the back of the yellow case. Causing it to look a little more orange. It looks like they put heat on it to make it easier to make the hole. When they spray painted it, that same discolouration bled through, confirming the case was obviously burnt and melted to make that hole.
The plastic is probably ABS, which gets soft over ~100°C. If you use a Dremel with an abrasive tip, that temperature is reached pretty quickly. And once it gets soft, it just gums everything up and gets even hotter and then you end up with the mess you see around the hole. Ask me how i know. 😁
I reckon the last shots in the video were recorded first - the device still has the weird bumpy patch on the back of the case (even though that doesn't match the supposed repair), but in the last shots of the video, the internal fingerprints are gone. I can't quite believe they cared enough to open it up and clean them off for the finale.
I think there might only ever have been one device, just with the shots presented in more or less reverse chronological order - ie:
1. Remove the back. Make some holes in it, then bodge a repair with noodles, then replace it.
2. Finale of a mostly working device (with weird noodle bumps on the back)
3. Tear down the device, then reassemble it from clean looking new parts
4. Drill out the noodle repairs, apply dirt and breakage
5. Hide in a pile of rubbish
6. 'Discover'
7. Open and 'clean'
these guys are no different from those Nigerian scammers
@@skavenslave4570 I dunno - at least they put some effort in
I just stopped in to agree with your supposition.
oh i didn't even think about that, so you would only need to buy one device and then record it backwards to make it look like you fixed it, good job on figuring that out! i probably would not have thought about that
I thought the exact same thing. Start with it working, strip it and “repair”. Then damage it up and then discover. Then just memento the whole thing.
What REALLY saddens me is:
There are people doing this exact same thing with dogs and cats for money :(
Peta Be Like
Yep. I see suspicious animal 'rescues' on Facebook ALL THE TIME! And the comment sections are always flooded with praise and blessings for the people who likely fabricated the whole thing. So infuriating. Those types of videos need to be met with immediate and unanimous suspicion from everyone so they stop getting so much support (with exception to legitimate animal rescue organisations of course).
Instead of there being two, it's common to just film in reverse. Make the assembly while it's whole and nice. Then destroy it and film you cleaning it.
You may have noticed that the hole patch isn't even remotely the same shape and seems to just be placed on top of the plastic.
You can also see it in the paint, too. The paint during the reassembly looks more matte, whereas during the spray painting bit, it dries glossy.
Yep, noticed that the ramen hole patch was pretty thick compared to it being sanded down when they actually put it into the hole with the super glue.
Yup, I made a video about that on my channel. They are filming in reverse and thats it. So they have nice and working/restored one but thats the last part of the video, and then they trash it and destroy and put it on the beggining. Simple.
lol, thank you, i just commented that but you said it alot better then I did.
Not only that you can clearly see that on last shot there is no fingerprint inside lol
Man, I sure do hate it when my plastic starts to rust.
The ones I really laugh at are when they say "rare this or that" and I go on ebay and find the exact same thing, new, for $3. And suddenly, the toy car they are "rebuilding" has a brand new windscreen!
i laughed every time you said playstation gameboy
It's the console we all wanted when we were younger!
@@TheRetroFuture2 I can indeed confirm
Jarvis i love your videos 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
Gamestation Playboy
@@krzbrew Playboy Gamestatiom
Just one console was used. The assembly was set up and filmed first. THEN they destroyed it, "found" it and started the repair. Seamless, with the magic of editing.
Yep, that's it. You cracked it
So he actually destroyed it? Because the board looked pretty bad. Maybe the battery is the same but he added a bit of adhesive to make it look different
Totally even noodles on the back look different "after the fix" I assume he glued some on for the sake of assembly and then drilled through them 😂
a few hours of labor and a $20 amazon clone console and you get 5 figures in ad revenue
I think most of the views are probably bought
I really really love and enjoy seeing the amount of sarcasm and hate he puts on his reactions, it's just lovely
@3:25 if memory serves me correct the playstation gameboy was one of if not the first ventures of microsoft into gaming consoles way back when i was still young
I actually know a bit about those chinese handhelds. While some are genuinely good, and can be used for emulating old games, the majority are mediocre at best and basically serve as e-waste. This specific device is from Powkiddy, a brand who makes many of these handhelds, and this is likely one of their mediocre ones. The channel "Retro Game Corps" makes videos discussing handhelds such as these, and theres a subreddit dedicated towards devices such as these, r/SBCgaming. Definitely a very interesting rabbithole.
I have a powkitty rgb10max and it's honestly the best thing ever
Powkiddy is pretty good
Man, you got me curious about the rabbit hole at r/SBCgaming when I was stoned but I want to do now is buy a handheld. Thanks man!
@@budbanter I recommend the Odin, definitely one of the best on the market
@@MrPsyren99 But the RP+ is such a perfect daily. Whether I’m at home or on the go
You said the “that’s the PlayStation GameBoy that Microsoft made” line so dead pan, I was on the floor laughing.😂
That was hilarious. And congratulations on winning.
@@skunkman62 oh yes this is definitely a legitimate channel that hasn’t been spamming these under every other comment here.😄
When I worked retail one of my co workers genuinely had this. The customer (without a word of lie) asked for "Halo for the DS for the Playstation 2". I had to do a double take on that one.
1:25 this guy truly knows his stuff! As an expert myself I can also confirm this is a genuine Microsoft PlayStation Gameboy.
"Everyone enjoys watching something extremely dirty get cleaned up"
Part of why washing dishes is so oddly satisfying.
This really annoys me, when people just beat up and cover these consoles in dirt just to make these videos. Sure, they clean it up during the video, but there's still likely a lot left inside of it (in the restorations that they don't even take it apart in) And that's assuming they didn't cause any actual physical damage to it like this Playstation Gameboy (patent pending). I saw a video like this with an actual Gameboy Color that had a freaking screwdriver stabbed through it, through the board, and out the other side. Ridiculous. Side note, I love the strange wart that they put on this one instead of just using some sort of resin or something to fill in the damage.
Can I assume that you are not familiar with animal "rescue" videos?
@@23UAS i can only assume what you mean
The thing was likely $10 or less; just a cheap 'console' to beat up and "repair".
@@23UAS oh god
Whats worse is they sometimes film the "putting it back together" first, then trash it and film the cleaning it up. Meaning at the end it doesn't work, but they haven't paid for parts. 😑
I remember waking up Christmas morning 1987 and tearing into my Christmas gifts as soon as my mom said I could, I had left the smallest box for last because I thought it was socks or undies since the box was so small, but to my surprise it turned out to be the best gift under the tree. A Playstation Gameboy Entertainment System Microsoft Console. I played Spyro Bros. World until my eyes bled, and I can still smell the enchanting scent of instant noodles that filled the air as the Playstation Gameboy Entertainment Microsoft Console heated up when I played.
lucky you, i got the Magnvox Odyssey Gear.
With a nice trace of cyanoacrylate
I got the Playbox 3-720 last year to play Gran Underground Horizon Turismo Motorsport 5 Forza, but i ended up playng angry birds instead
Gameboy playstation was great, my favourite games were assassin's creed new horizons, super tails brothers 6 and halo kart 2
I just got the new game daddy with super Mario hoes and Mario kock
7:48 the old ramen noodle and super glue trick
"It's common in third world countries to see rubbish on the side of the road."
Somebody has clearly never been to the United States!
Come visit beautiful skid row in LA county, where you can see homeless standing in piles of garbage at the bus stop.
Or, if you prefer something slightly less dangerous, go down any back road in a rural area in the countryside. (I lived in the PNW in Washington, and you'd be hard pressed not to find an old side road without atleast a few piles of garbage or abandoned cars/boats.)
LA is a third world city
These are the exact places where third world immigrants live lmao
Well come to Cameroon 🇨🇲 where I’m from and see our fabulous roadside trash mountains.
I like how the mud inside was randomly smeared around (as if done via fingers) rather than being concentrated around points of ingress like the buttons, broken screen area, or that massive hole that suspiciously looks like someone took a soldering iron to it while it was disassembled.
Also, you can tell that isn't the same back 9:20 . The one in the previous scene had a lot more scuffs (from the sloppy dremel handling) and the noodles were sanded much smoother. They used a second back and just glued some noodles to it before painting it.
Oh the thing I hated the most with electronics is that dirt gets stuck in places you can't clean and no matter how you wipe, there are grooves that keep showing it's old and used. Nowadays, I can use toothpicks and antiseptic to clean those, but as a kid I always knew something old from new by those dirty parts around buttons and older tech loved grills too.
Couple of yrs ago I stumbled upon a "restoration" channel and I watched one of his restoration videos in which he restores an "old" chainsaw and the first thing that was kinda sus to me was the way he found a chainsaw, he was picking some roots in the woods and there it was just laying it the mud conveniently. Their restoration process was fairly standard for a chainsaw but after he restored it I saw that it wasn't some kind of a well known brand like Stihl, Husqvarna, Jonsered, Echo, etc but a chinese knockoff brand that wasn't even worth restoring. So i did a little digging and I found a similar channel with the same guy and the same background in which he restored the exact same chainsaw, albeit with a different method. After some more digging I figured out that, I shit you not, he had 2 more channels in which he restored that exact chainsaw. So he was basically restoring it, then letting it sit in the mud for a couple of weeks, then restoring it again just for a different channel, and he was doing the exact same thing for some other tools. When I brought that up in a comment I got immediately banned.
The same thing happens with these fake animal rescue videos, sometimes it's the same animal being "rescued" (read: abused) thorough 4 different channels.
That's what I was thinking while watching these videos, they are done by some south-east Asian guy claiming to do this rescuing/restoration sort of deal when they have other channels restoring the same exact thing, or just doing the process of restoring backwards, like you said with the rescuing channels
lmao
What do you do for a living?
-fake restoring chinese chainsaws on multiple channels
@@Jhud69 Now that's awful.
he restored that thing so well you were convinced he was using different components
8:23 thats really a noodles 😂
What really pisses me off is that they get millions of views and a stack of comments from everyone believing it’s real! But a genuine video gets nothing 🤦♂️😂
People nowadays are just view-farming for money. The author of that video knows what he was doing.
It's like the Elsagate of tech videos in that both game the algorithm to farm views and gain revenue for doing so.
If you want genuine stuff go to LGR, they don't dip in on consoles that often but everything he does is legit.
Thankfully Hugh Jeffreys is real and really fixes iPhones
@@satsumagt5284 Hugh should do a similar video exposing these shysters.
"A Playstation Gameboy, ya know that thing Microsoft made" that sure is one hell of a sentence 🤣🤣
8:09 super glue and ramen most likely
Very little content on TH-cam actually makes me smile, but your reaction to the fingerprints was the greatest.
Ah man, I'm so jealous that he found a Playstation Gameboy™ in the wild like that! I like to think that the cat vomit hole cover on the back of his Playstation Gameboy™ is a sign of true craftsmanship.
He founds all of that in his home town, but us we found animals poop and pennies
These fake restoration videos make me sad. The amount of effort put into faking these restorations could’ve been used to learn how to do it properly. Instead, they just go out of their way to trash perfectly usable items and perpetuate misinformation for views.
I think the main reason that these types of "restoration" videos get way more views is just the absurd condition they appearantly find and perfectly "restore" them
Id rather have them do this than the "Animal Rescue" they do, which is just substituting out the "PlayStaion Gameboy" for a dog or cat. It was covered by a few TH-camrs a lil while back - Nick Crowley, specifically, but be warned, its pretty upsetting. YT did nothing at the time, and Im sure continue to do nothing about them.
@@zackschilling4376 Of course they're doing the lesser evil compared to straight up animal abuse, but these videos still detract the eyes that could've seen actual legit videos, not these excuses of restoration videos
@@matteobesho Of course I d rather have neither, I was just reminded of those awful videos. And when someone will lie about something like this, it often means they ll lie about anything.
Yet the shitters at TH-cam do nothing about it, even though it goes against their terms of service.
11:33
You know what that motherboard also doesn't have? The massive scratch the dude left with the world sharpest tweezers while removing the battery.
look how the plastic is in perfect state under the mud, is the thing that always gives it up
I’ve heard of people using dry ramen noodles in combination with super glue to patch up holes in plastics like bumpers. I’m guessing that’s how they patched up this hole
Nah, they just used dried up thermal paste
It honestly looked like bits of plastic resin with glue. I have no idea why anyone would think that raw resin beads glued together would look good after being painted. I would imagine that some automotive bondo body filler could be used to repair that hole, especially if he was planning to sand it down and paint it afterwards from the start.
@@jmarshall1144 He probably just got bored and thought fuck it, I'll just paint over it.
@@filipstamate1564 Lol. He was tired at that point and wasted too much time causing the hole. The potential view count he was hoping for was too tempting. Had to rush it out and let the shit job shine at the end. The more I think about the finished product, the more I think it's an Andy Kaufman-esque parody.
i restored a Miyoo mini that I found in the mail. it had all this cardboard and bubble wrap gathered around it, i even repaired the screen that was completely covered in a thin layer of plastic.
It IS an accumulation of words, and one almost certainly carefully chosen to get the most hits I'm sure.
I like how that large hole looks like something tore into the device, but didn't go deep enough to scratch or damage the motherboard only a several millimeters deeper than the underside of the case.
I swear these types of restoration channels emit the same vibe as the rescuing animal ones, just without the illegal stuff. The most that these restoration channels are doing is to fake one, still it angers me that these are the types of videos to come up first when you search "gba restoration"
Would be pretty fun if you make a parody of these fake restoration videos and just show what happens when you "repair" a console like that
He just did and it's absolutely spot on!
@@lolodachi Maybe he read my comment
reversing the multimeter leads is perfectly safe btw
I like how he stops looking after he finds the "playstation gameboy", as if it was exactly what he was looking for.
I think the trick is to buy just one console, disassemble it, reassemble it, and THEN trash it and recover it.
That's why there are editing things that don't match .
even the noodle patch doesn't match because one was done without a hole and the other after
I think this is it!!!!!!! Such a good comment. You definitely are on to something.
Issue is, they are all different. There’s just no telling what each person is doing in each video.
They gotta stay low cost somehow! Perhaps they're even paid by the factories that make them
Now you can do your own Nintendo Dreamcast spoof video repair with electronics from a microwave!!!
@@Chipmunkboy pro tip, make 2 channels one where you make te review and the second where you fake restore. (Push it to 4, one for unboxing, one for ASMR)
That’s a shout that, never thought that would be the case
Did you not notice the bit of the back panel he repaired was all of a sudden raised and also pretty much a perfectly round shape when before it wasn’t? 😂
The "body filler" on the second one not only has a completely different shape, it's also not sanded down the slightest bit. Pretty obivous that they just stuck some of that noodle-rice-superglue mixture on the perfectly fine back shell and called it a day.
At 13:24 when the guy puts back the speaker you can see there is a new back panel and not the one "repaired"... LOL, hilarious!
This reminds me of those fake animal rescue videos, where they just abuse a dog or a cat to "save" it and get those viral views. Same Southeast Asia setting, same stupid staged intro where they "find" the pet/console. All I can say is that I'm glad they are torturing Aliexpress handhelds in this video rather than animals.
I was thinking the same thing! I wouldn't be surprised if it were done by the same group.
I was anxious before watching this reaction being afraid that a lot of restoration videos I had watched would turn out to be fake.
After seeing the video you are reacting I am relieved now. The quality of the repair, the pretentiousness of the style, they stink. I would never watch something like that.
The funniest part is that he clearly sanded the noodles flat on the damaged case before he sprayed it and the the "repaired"(second) case has unsanded noodles stuck on to it and sprayed. Like he was trying to make the case from the second device at least look a little imperfect.
HERE IS HOW they actually do this, take note.
1-Grab your camera and a working gameboy, tear it down, paint it red (no need to record this painting or the tear down) brush it as if you are finishing a restoration and reasamble it.
2-Make some more shots testing it as if is something you just fixed.
3-Grab a non working gameboy and let it sit in a swamp for a couple of days and then take it back home.
4-Tear it down and make some shots cleaning and painting it (record this painting).
5-Edit the video in the following order 3, 4, 1 and 2.
This is the tech version of those "animal rescues" were they put the animals in danger in the first place
Keep this content coming. I love watching you expose these fake creators. Sure i do enjoy watching people restore stuff but now I'm going to have to keep a close eye out on their videos lile you know.
It’s the dry British sarcasm for me… 😂
Ahhh yes, a rare sighting of the famous Playstation Gameboy made by Microsoft🤣🤣
You don’t see those outside of museums very often! 🤣
Bizarre how in the last part of the video, the fingerprints under the screen lens COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED
I think they filmed first the console when it was brand new, and then the rest of the video.
In editing they put the first shot at last to make it looks it was restored to a nearly-brand new state
Love it. This video perfectly parodies all of these various retro repair videos.
13:45 had me CRYING LMFAOOO love these exposed restoration videos bruh just recently found your channel and got a new Subscriber
I would actually guess this video was filmed in reverse. The clean one was disassembled first thing, then reassembled to make the final shot, and then dirtied up to make the earlier shots. That would only require a single unit, and it's going to be destroyed regardless.
I doubt it, that would require more effort. The whole point of faking this stuff is to put in as little effort as possible. It's way easier to just film yourself taking apart a broken thing and show off a different one after.
I really enjoyed your last "Exposing" video and I'm super stoked you made another one! It's super interesting to hear coming from a person thats an actual expert on this stuff! Very cool video and I'm stoked to see you call these guys out. Keep em coming my friend!-SLD
I am really enjoying these exposing fake restorations videos you've been posting. Keep up the good work!
Love how the hole has numerous perfectly circular scars equally shaped as that dremel
Huh... you know it's interesting that it's completely coated in dirt. It must have spent quite some time outdoors to get into that state. And yet, it doesn't appear the least bit faded or brittle from exposure to the sun...
And the hole in it... the round edges of it and way the plastic kinda protrudes outwards like that really makes it look like someone took a soldering iron and melted through the plastic. But what reason would someone have to lie on the internet? 🤔
Clout.
@@Suveramort By the looks of where he’s from, it’s no doubt he’s one of those people from the eastern region that would fake any topic for views and money, even as going far as to faking an animal rescue. I’ve heard that it’s easy to fake anything for views, even pushing the limits since there’s no law that prohibits it. But TBH, I feel like he has the same wealth as those fake “primitive construction” vids cuz its rare to see someone this clean and have obtain a gaming portable and modern tools/parts in this country side.
Technically, you wouldn't even need 2 devices... if you ran the clips out of order. Show working device>take it apart and show "putting it together", extra points for the now round ramen job>found in a rubbish pile caked with clearly painted on mud>take that apart. Then just correct the order and publish to TH-cam under a bunch of key phrases to profit. Apparently.
cleaning electronics with water like dipping inside it and then bringing that electronics to work, they are more intelligent then Tony Stark
The vibes of those fake restoration videos remind me of those fake animal rescue videos. A guy seemingly wandering around and by chance finding something. But better they do it with old electronics than with puppies or kittens.
Absolutely great video, man! Love it. Hilarious commentary, and it's really cool to see an expert correct and inform viewers on like the details of what's being done wrong/how it should be done. Great video and would love to see more like it! Cheers :)
i believe this guy came from a parallel universe where nintendo and sony became long time partners and released this handheld gem during the 2000s
You look like an reverse Maximilian Dood. Lmiao. Which is a compliment! Lol.
_Warning to all:_ There's a scam going around in the comments section (or a bad joke). It says something about "Text on Telegram" (which really makes it seem like a joke), with Elliot's picture, replying to comments here, saying that "You've won the giveaway" or something to that effect. That isn't how the giveaway works. Don't attempt to contact whoever that is.
I would love for you to do a skit where you are basically mimicking these fake restoration videos. One where you start off with an actual brick and end up with a PlayStation Vita
The whole in the back should be enough to show anyone that these videos are fake.
How can there be a massive hole in the back, but the motherboard behind it is completely fine?
Almost like someone took it apart, made the hole and put it back on.
*hole
The back patch changes from when he started painting it to the reveal. You can see the before part has more of a longer edge and the finished one is mostly round. Not sure if he realized how bad it looked during painting and went back to add more only to end up with a smashed turd covered on paint.
I especially loved the self deleting fingerprints from the inside of the screen lens on the last shot of this piece of junk. Truly amazing!
I follow this restoration dude for quite a time now and what I like most, is that he gives always a heart to my comments, no matter how offensive or ironic or smugly or critical they are.
When they "tested" the battery there's no way the multimeter was actually making contact with the leads, which were completely covered in insulation. That replacement battery could very well be the same battery, with a little insulation stripped and some of the adhesive removed.
So nice to know he can fix up an old game to take over to an amazing hand-built underground house (with swimming pool) and spend a lovely afternoon with his simple native pals.
"that'll do the solder pad a great deal of good" I cracked up at the way you said that, I had to watch it several times to actually catch what you said.
Those emulator systems are like $20 on AliExpress I just checked, definitely not worth the effort to restore.
can you PLEASE do a video on the nintendo dreamcast next
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I too usually walk around digging through random trash with an HD cameraman behind me at all time. I find this relatable.
I love your videos like this.
Also I LOVED your video when you got your Omega and cleaned it up.
Keep these up!
I made a comment on another video, but I'll put it here too, there's nothing wrong with cleaning un-powered motherboards with soap and water, you just have to be sure you let it fully dry and don't get any water stuck beneath any components.
Don't do this with a battery inside/connected, and make sure you drain the capacitors the best you can (try turning it on without a power source, and maybe let it sit a couple of hours without a power source to be sure) but otherwise if there is enough mess, you absolutely want to use soap and water, not waste a bunch of isopropyl alcohol. IPA is good for cleaning up small messes in electronics and when you want to be able to test it quickly without waiting for it to dry. It is not good for cleaning off dirt, grime, and corrosion of such massive proportions.
You wouldn't want to do this with an LCD screen for example because you'll get water stuck in it when it seeps through the cracks, but a motherboard should have minimal issues. Just keep it unpowered, and don't use too abrasive of a brush that will knock capacitors and resistors off.
Reminds me of a video by der8auer (a german extreme PC overclocker), where he put a whole Mainboard in his Dishwasher to get the Vaseline and stuff of it, thats used for sub zero cooling CPUs
I was going to make the same comment. I worked for nearly ten years in an avionics maintenance workshop and we all found isoprop next to useless for any heavy soiling for exactly the reason stated as an advantage; it simply evaporated too quickly so tended just to redistribute the contamination rather than removing it. Unfortunately,. the cleaning solvents we had previous used had, one by one, been banned because of toxicity or other ill effects (including environmental). When I first started they were just phasing out carbon tetrachloride (which was foul stuff anyway) and replacing with Inhibisol (which was my favourite having a good cleaning efficacy and a fast but not limiting evaporation rate--incidentally, not to be confused with the current 'OS' Ozone Safe version). That was then superseded by Arklone P (not as good as Inhibisol as it evaporated too rapidly--banned as a CFC, similar to Freon) and finally Isopropyl Alcohol.
For the heaviest soiling we went for a bucket of soapy water and a scrubbing brush followed by a rinse in clean water then a sluice with isopropyl and a nice long drying period. Later I worked in IT and we would 'recondition' grotty keyboards with a similar method--bucket of soapy water, scrubbing brush and lengthy drying. Never had a failure and some went through the process a number of times over the years.
Power off, batteries disconnected, capacitors discharged and a good drying period.
I live in Brisbane and that is how we recovered a huge amount of electronics after the floods earlier this year. Your put a hose over things until you get the mud out, dry them completely using fans, air con and time, then depending on what it is, electrically check and clean individual boards, then fire it up and hope for the best!
@@MrPaulMorris A keyboard is a bit different than a full function circuit board. The problem with water is that you can form oxidization and rust on smaller metal components. Alcohol is neutral and will not do that. It usually won't cause immediate issues/brake it immediately. But it will effect overall longevity if integrated metal wiring is compromised.
You can do it. I wouldn't recommend it.
@@Expertspecter Corrosion does not occur instantaneously and the risk from washing is no more than from exposure to atmospheric moisture--which will take place over a considerably longer period. Washing of assemblies was included in our training and permitted in work instructions.
Complexity of assembly is not really a factor so long as drying is complete before powering up. As I mentioned, this was used in critical avionics systems. . .
The Playstation Gameboy is awesome! It's the pinnacle of handheld gaming. It was made by Sonyntendo back in the day and had classics like Zelda Bandicoot and Metal Gear Mario.
All jokes aside, I really hate these fake restoration videos because they often take a lot of rare and sometimes valuable items and ruin them just for the views.
It's made worse when whoever's doing the "restoration" doesn't know jack about what he's supposed to be doing. He just makes a big mess and leaves it in a worse condition than where it started.
I've just learnt something new from this restoration video. It seems I can repair any holes by stuffing some porridge and super noodles in it. I now know how to repair that hole in the kitchen wall...
"How he is gonna patch it" I immediately like a child watching Dora the Explorer screened "Ramen Noodles", and then 2min later, what we see, heh
Man these clowns make me laugh. Keep up this series Elliott, lovin' it
09:06 Through the varnish, the plastic pieces were miraculously non-sanded again. Fascinating!
It's like I'm watching a child's interpretation of what pretending to restore something is like.
There's a few of these time-wasters on TH-cam. I block them as soon as the algorhythm pops them up in my feed. You see one rusted plastic car restoration, you have literally seen them all.
This was hilarious. You should make a parody where you find a muddy “broken” gameboy and restore it.
Little did ye know 3 weeks ago...
Of course, enjoy these takes on these types of videos as always. Cheers Elliot!
Imagine your best buddy invites you to film him picking through garbage on the off chance of discovering a super rare PlayStation Game Boy that he can expertly restore with crushed ramen noodles. 🤣
I like ur sarcasm....."yea just YANK that out,yup!". 😂 😆
This video is definitely shot out of order. They disassembled the brand new device, put some noodles on the back and painted it yellow.
Then they took it back apart, dremelled out the noodles stuck on the back, and threw it in the dirt.
If you check the beginning the battery has the same sticker pad on it as the "new" one. also, when he dremels down the hole, you can see where the paint is getting sanded off.
This should be reported for fraud.
*Every Restoration Video Be like:*
"Oh look! i found old vintage gaming console on pile of garbage, that doesnt look good, rust everywhere!"
(Takes heavily rusted and damaged vintage gaming console)
[In Home]
(Cleans with Soap and Water 💀)
[Dissemble]
(Pours E-Bleach to remove rust, that actually look like water)
(Scrubbing and cleans all rust with vinegar)
"It's done"
(Secretly buys offmarket parts made in CHINA)
(le Spray painting covers)
(Replaces broken part to offbrand one)
*(SECRETLY BUYS ENTIRE ONE)*
[Vintage Gaming Console are finished restoration (it still works)]
"all done"
actually the playstation gameboy was known for its cooling hole on the back to prevent overheating. what this guy is doing is the classic cat litter heat diffuser mod.
That big hole looks like they used a soldering iron to make it. All of the plastic seems to have been displaced rather than sanded, filed, or cut.
Have you seen the one with a burned up laptop? I laughed through these but admire your work. Thank you for your content!
I would believe someone could find stuff like that in a pile of rubbish. And that's where the believability ends XD
Most satisfying legitimate restoration video I’ve seen is an engine repair by a Vietnamese fellow by the name of Mr. Ho
the melted plastic around the holes and on the dremel itself so clearly gives it away